Sacramento Kings vs Minnesota Timberwolves
3:30 PM ET, March 20, 2011
Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
A career-best performance from Michael Beasley helped the Minnesota Timberwolves defeat the Sacramento Kings earlier this season. His team hopes he'll be at full strength for the rematch.
Beasley suffered a bruised hip in the last game, but the forward expects to play as the Timberwolves host the Kings on Sunday.
Minnesota (17-53) is just ahead of Sacramento (16-51), which owns the worst record in the Western Conference. The clubs have split two meetings, with each winning on the road.
Beasley pulled Minnesota even in the season series with a spectacular effort, scoring a career-high 42 points and grabbing nine rebounds in a 98-89 win Nov. 10. The third-year player is averaging 23.3 points in six games versus the Kings, his highest average against any team.
He left a 106-98 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday with a bruised left hip, but expects to be on the floor Sunday. He was hit hard by center Andrew Bynum in the fourth quarter, but X-rays came back negative.
"I'm fine. I'm cool. I'm straight," said Beasley, who had 18 points and seven rebounds before departing. "It was just a hard foul, a playoff foul. They're getting ready for the playoffs, man. It's the kind of foul and the kind of basketball they've got to play, and you've got to get used to playing against that."
Beasley suffered a bruised hip in the last game, but the forward expects to play as the Timberwolves host the Kings on Sunday.
Minnesota (17-53) is just ahead of Sacramento (16-51), which owns the worst record in the Western Conference. The clubs have split two meetings, with each winning on the road.
Beasley pulled Minnesota even in the season series with a spectacular effort, scoring a career-high 42 points and grabbing nine rebounds in a 98-89 win Nov. 10. The third-year player is averaging 23.3 points in six games versus the Kings, his highest average against any team.
He left a 106-98 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday with a bruised left hip, but expects to be on the floor Sunday. He was hit hard by center Andrew Bynum in the fourth quarter, but X-rays came back negative.
"I'm fine. I'm cool. I'm straight," said Beasley, who had 18 points and seven rebounds before departing. "It was just a hard foul, a playoff foul. They're getting ready for the playoffs, man. It's the kind of foul and the kind of basketball they've got to play, and you've got to get used to playing against that."
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